Today’s Headlines
New Bill Could Bring Airport-Like Security to U.S. Rail (Skift) Study: Personal Car Ownership Will Peak by 2021 (WaPo) Older Adults Are the Fastest-Growing Group of U.S. Drivers (Orlando Sentinel) Lawmakers Debate Fuel Efficiency, Greenhouse Gas Standards (The Hill) Meet Some of DC’s Ex-Metro Riders (WaPo) House Bill Would Reimburse Federal Workers for Ride-Sharing (The … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EDT on September 23, 2016
- New Bill Could Bring Airport-Like Security to U.S. Rail (Skift)
- Study: Personal Car Ownership Will Peak by 2021 (WaPo)
- Older Adults Are the Fastest-Growing Group of U.S. Drivers (Orlando Sentinel)
- Lawmakers Debate Fuel Efficiency, Greenhouse Gas Standards (The Hill)
- Meet Some of DC’s Ex-Metro Riders (WaPo)
- House Bill Would Reimburse Federal Workers for Ride-Sharing (The Hill)
- Transit Advocates Critical of Baltimore Bus Route Overhaul (Baltimore Sun)
- Why Doesn’t London Join in on Car-Free Day? (Guardian)
- Transit Proximity Was Good for DC Real Estate Even 150 Years Ago (GGW)
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